Firstly, there is another group that covers all low carbing, and they're a great group of folks, so I recommend Keto people do both groups because not all of the info is overlap. The launchpad stickie post there has a ton of good info.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

I'll send you a friend invite. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the moment with personal stuff, but I'm happy to answer any questions.

Main things: stay hydrated - this WOE naturally drops a lot of retained water, keep up on sodium - because when water drops, so does sodium - 4500 mg minimum a day recommended during the first few weeks; if you feel crummy, add sodium first, then potassium and magnesium - these are generally keys to avoiding the low carb flu; and DO NOT COUNT CALORIES DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS - just focus on keeping your carbs under a limit, your protein should be a range based on weight, and fats to fill in the gaps. You need extra calories to help your system properly convert.

And my heaviest was 319 (recorded, anyway). I'm DOWN to 240. I will be 39 next week, and I'm 5'4" to give you some perspective. And I learned a long time ago that people saw me as I was whether I was in pictures or not, so I was the only one facing something I'd been avoiding by staying out of pictures. I was that big and my family loved me that way anyway. Since I didn't want my kiddo and family not to having ZERO pictures of me should the worst happen, I stopped avoiding pictures and spent some long days/months/years learning to love myself exactly as I was! Good luck to you all the way around.

Carly

I often use Lite salt or nosalt for sodium and potassium, whichever is needed the most that day.